Book Description

Elegant, sleek, powerful, and stable, Mac OS X has delighted many a
loyal Mac user, and gone one step further--it's turned them into
Unix users, too. Perhaps you're already familiar with Unix, just
not on the Mac. Or perhaps you opened your Utilities folder,
spotted the Terminal icon and double-clicked on it just to see what
it does. Suddenly faced with a command line interface, you probably
asked what does it mean, and the more pressing question, why on
earth would you ever want to venture into this seemingly
user-unfriendly territory? The new edition of Learning Unix for
Mac OS X answers these questions and more. This compact book
provides a user-friendly tour of your Mac's Unix base. As you
explore Terminal and familiarize yourself with the command line,
you'll also learn about the hundreds of Unix programs that come
with your Mac and begin to understand the power and flexibility of
Unix. And if Unix isn't new to you, you'll discover how it
translates into this new Mac incarnation. Updated to cover Jaguar
(Mac OS X, 10.2), this book will keep you current with the latest
features of your Mac. The book begins with a quick but in-depth
introduction to Terminal and the command line interface. After
learning about launching and configuring the Terminal application,
you'll find out how to manage, create, edit, and transfer files.
You'll find all the common commands simply explained with
accompanying examples, exercises, and opportunities for
experimentation. There are even problem checklists to help you
along the way if you get stuck. You'll learn how to:

Customize your shell environment

Manage files and directories

Successfully print from the Unix command line

Edit and create files with the vi editor

Perform remote logins

Access Internet functions

Understand pipes and filters

Use background processing

Use Fink, an easy way to install open source Unix software on
Mac OS X

With Terminal, you'll access areas of your Mac that you just can't
get to from the desktop. You may find yourself turning to Terminal
for greater efficiency on a particular task or to use one of the
thousands of open source programs that are now available to you.
Unix continues to thrive as an operating system because of its
power, flexibility, and simplicity, and the vast community that
supports it. Learning Unix for Mac OS X, Second Edition can
be your key to understanding all of it. The book has been reviewed
by Apple for technological accuracy and brandishes the Apple
Development Connection (ADC) logo.

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